Myanmar Stoves Campaign
GS-1498 ↗ · current registry ID: GS1729
#639of 1329 in Industrial#14of 25 in Myanmar#970of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Myanmar Stoves Campaign is a Gold Standard cookstove efficiency project with a VVB-verified investment additionality test and a conservative national-default FNRB, but it lacks a buffer pool, reports a 0% leakage deduction that contradicts an earlier 5% figure in the PDD, and has no verified emission-reduction data available for comparison. The project carries a moderate number of unresolved corrective actions related to stakeholder consultation, and the absence of FPIC documentation and end-use tracking limits confidence in the integrity and transparency of the credit claims.
Red Flags
- Leakage deduction reduced from 5% (2016 PDD) to 0% (2023 validation report) with only a 'quantified' justification — no quantified figure is actually provided in the extracted record
- No buffer pool or permanence mechanism identified for a 5-year crediting period with no reversal-event data
- No verified emission-reduction data (total ERR verified) found in any available document, making over- or under-delivery unverifiable
- 12 unresolved corrective actions at validation, many concerning stakeholder consultation documentation and process sequencing
- FPIC status not stated in any available document despite the project operating in Myanmar with local community beneficiaries
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8,068 | 8,068 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 31,737 | 29,154 | 2,583 | |
| 2017 | 21,400 | 21,397 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 45,725 | 45,707 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 83,332 | 81,110 | 2,222 | |
| 2020 | 75,542 | 51,128 | 24,414 | |
| 2021 | 65,664 | 4,791 | 60,873 | |
| 2022 | 57,199 | 0 | 57,199 | |
| 2023 | 1,143 | 0 | 1,143 | |
| Total | 389,810 | 241,355 | 148,455 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-verified investment test
reversal data absent
0% deduction; contradicts earlier 5%; no quantified figure
Project-specific; no reassessment date recorded
Grievance mechanism present; FPIC not documented; 12 corrective actions
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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